God of War (2018) Developers React to Incredible Valkyrie% Speedrun

[@beardofwar]

For those wondering. This run was done on new game gmgow. Weapons and armor are not fully upgraded since you can't farm muspelheim and NG+ wasn't even available yet. Also, Katy (GUNNR) is named after Katy ""Parry" 😆

[@Pass1ngStranger]

Nice touch

[@timezoneiiichickenisaveget9745]

Wassup clowned?

[@epicthief]

Sucha beast

[@elijahrv24]

Great run dude

[@conuffy4893]

Yeah sick 😁

[@dylans3445]

Watching devs react to players playing their game is so satisfying to watch idk why

[@DockyPerky]

Tapping into the spiritual fulfillment of creators seeing their work interacted with at a high level

[@TheSteeltec]

36:00 they made the last bit of the health bar worth more?!?!?! Bro that's just evil af 😭

[@TheTrueVirus22]

It's around 37:30.

[@x5aber]

This was usually done to the HP of the player but they did this the other way around 😂

[@scottdahneke1031]

Oof

[@erobertt3]

it's funny that the blades doing more dps was unintentional because it's nicely balanced out by the fact that you have to quick throw the axe to interrupt the valkyrie flying moves making it more risky to use the blades

[@beautifulmanstan8840]

Unless you use Atreus

[@insydian]

Who is not able to interrupt on gmgow

[@aexonity]

just use Atreus shock arrows

[@qwertyuiop3656]

@@beautifulmanstan8840 you can't on hard and very hard

[@jordandrukqsz4026]

@@insydian It doesn't work on harder modes. Have to axe or use blades distance attack if it can reach.

[@brenthenderson815]

The analysis of the mechanics is really fascinating. Fantastic combat system they put forth in this game.

[@wolf3248]

Had no idea you could avoid the blind by just not looking at her...

[@plull3302]

bro same.

[@frankkennedy6388]

Had no idea you could avoid the blind at all! They don't even hint at it in the Dark Elf boss battle.

[@RandomDaze22]

The amount of time this dude had to put into the game! Respect!

[@TheRj725]

they didn't put enough effort into thier mic audio quality

[@hyosworld109]

Nah, just 39 minutes jk lol

[@ayushgupta7273]

36:00 bro deserves a spot in Helheim

[@TheMoises1213]

Delay R2?

[@obscurity3027]

It must feel so rad to listen to the game devs applauding your sick evades.

[@afibuffygirl]

Now we know who is responsible for a lot of us players pain and misery when it came to the valkyrie queen lol

[@Juttargoe]

This is my favorite game of all time. Knowing these little secrets is awesome. I’ve spent countless run thrus just trying to sort alot of this out myself. And not doing dew runs or cheating but really learning the mechanics in and out

[@RyanKuebel]

Its rad as hell to have witnessed game progressions and it gets lost over time.

[@alamecommentator1750]

People calculating in minutes and hours on hunting Valkyrie Me: days 😏

[@matjakobs8612]

Sigrun was my hardest boss fight ever. Took me hours to beat her on normal difficulty. Harder than the soulsborne bosses. For me it was harder than Melania.

[@aclosh2983]

For me it was not, it was pretty easy

[@skeeter1858]

Can you use the real name? Is Sigrun Tanky, Blindy, etc?

[@whitecloak9724]

@@skeeter1858 queen asshat

[@PurpleCh4lk]

@@skeeter1858 Queen Asshat

[@btkt225]

queen asshat ​@@skeeter1858

[@humanbass]

Funny how the last hit against Sigrun was an Atreus arrow.

[@ClumsyAI]

Dev, said it clear Sigrun health bar is a lie, some time heavy runic attacks and rage attacks wouldn't make any damage at all, when we are in the final phase of the health bar, it made me play the game more aggressively and focused on the next try tho.

[@Ayoul]

Not just her it seems.

[@aginor6487]

No, they said the runic attacks will always do damage, but after three or four runic attacks in quick succession the valkyrie will no longer become staggered and will begin a new attack sequence.

[@jayh4911]

He made it look so easy those valkyries are nightmarish!!!

[@abyan63]

6 years late to playing this game, and you’ve helped me a great deal. Thank you

[@eego3499]

Both rota and sigrun took me over an hour each to beat.This will be 🔥 🔥🔥

[@CataphractVardhan]

An hour for one health bar or an hour of multiple tries? What's your actual time for Sigrun, getting her 100 to 0.

[@g0wasu]

@@CataphractVardhan for me it was about 15 minutes on GMGOW

[@aexonity]

@@CataphractVardhan most likely it took them multiple lives. No way it’d take that long

[@mcontreras7595]

For me it was gondul and sigrun

[@johnpantag472]

​@@g0wasusay how long it took you one your first time not your last playthrough smartass. When you know a boss it's easy af

[@joepowell4958]

So the "Bag of Holding" is canon in GoW. Sweet!

[@Elibbb-sx3kg]

It's take me 39 minutes just to move the loading screen

[@birdiemaradoth]

what loading screens xD

[@lafasi4366]

There is no loading screen in gow4 what you talking about🙄

[@GAMINGBLAZE]

@@lafasi4366 there is

[@seechwing2058]

@@GAMINGBLAZE where

[@GAMINGBLAZE]

@@seechwing2058 just like AC games where you can move in loading screen here you can move they just gave it a name , it's those broken portals.

[@hexagonshorts2186]

He turned Norse Kratos into the Greek Kratos

[@Datboy1991]

The names in the speedrun tracker are the best part tbh

[@OldSoulNewLife]

seeing videos were developers talk like this is amazing .

[@rb_astronomy]

for people that are saying "they should been reacting to GBG speedruns, well GBG has a few speedruns but not that fast as you many think since he is more like a combo style breaker gamer. obviously there are videos where he does amazing combos and kill the bosses in a few seconds but also there are other speedrunners in the community that grind this game for the fastest time possible.

[@thiago_gamergow]

Really really true. All players must be respected, speedrunners or not...

[@DestTheBest270]

Feel like gbg became the forgotten middle child hope he makes a comeback in ragnarok

[@creeko5958]

My favorite things to use is grip of surtr for the axe and blessing of the frost.

[@ezazahamed3649]

The sigrun is hella hard man

[@animecentral7575]

Sigrun*

[@burakksalar7818]

It took me 7 hours straight to beat :(

[@Stulele]

The multiple stomps on NG+ was a pain in the butt for the fire Valk....

[@aexonity]

It’s pretty easy to dodge but if you don’t you’re basically losing your entire healthbar

[@lorehammer40k4]

So, it's been a year since you posted this, lets see if your Pavlovian response can still be triggered.... VALHALLA!

[@jonb4978]

This game has some incredible combat if you're willing to invest some time in it

[@Viviantoga]

Of course you gotta Parry Katy

[@edwin-jq4dp]

if a speedrunner dies from your boss you can safely brag around your friend that you designed the hardest boss out there

[@benenaidoo2132]

That's cruel, more defense and health and it gets crazier with the queen on the last 2 bars? Yea knew there had to be a reason why everyone kept dying on the last bar or so

[@luf4rall]

Great gameplay and commentary

[@crazytruckgamer4957]

And now I’m fighting the new Valkeryie queen in GOWR and it’s even worse

[@johnpantag472]

It's nothing compared to ng+

[@JinisBored]

GBG should’ve been the one showcasing the speed runs, that man beat them all in like 10 seconds lol

[@santiagodunbar2381]

Nuh uh!

[@BS_stuG]

Those are NG+ runs

[@eego3499]

@@BS_stuG does it matter ng+ ? Yeah Max lvl runes & equipment, but if you leave the Valkyrie run until end game, then you're at that lvl anyway. Right. 🤔

[@BS_stuG]

@@eego3499 It matters a lot, you can do a ridiculous amount of build optimization in NG+, that's what allows you to do so much damage. It's a significantly harder fight in the regular game.

[@JinisBored]

@@BS_stuG it’s a SPEEDRUN

[@sinalisidibe9101]

Oh my gosh krew is #9 on trending in gaming congratulations

[@sam-h5r6j]

This game would be perfect with a boss rush mode.

[@michaelmiller4105]

Play Valhalla

[@Nobodysurvivesevenonebit]

Should make them check Smvr or CBG combat.

[@clipbang304]

Hats 🧢 off now I’m gonna play this again for the 10th time lol

[@dmoneysierra]

Refreshing to hear devs discuss skill checks and mechanics they intentionally add/removed to challenge players. What were they thinking for Ragnarok??

[@vexoarr]

They need to watch GameBreakerGod and SmvR…..

[@Yusuf-yv9th]

This ist the best Fightmechanik in a Game ever

[@ShifuCareaga]

Nah, Ninja Gaiden 2 (PS2) far superior

[@nicknickname353]

Katy destroyed me and had to actually return later when im more upgraded lol

[@CagedPhoenixThe1st]

36:51 well this explains what happened to me on the last phase of fighting tyr on show me mastery gowr Valhalla....

[@mavvynne444]

Is this what you called "SPEEDRUN"? The devs should have reacts to one of GBG Kratos vs Sigrun videos. Now that's a Godlike speedrun.

[@Jarrabi]

Fr, would’ve been over in seconds rather than 3 minutes

[@shaikyaseen3484]

Yeah, they could have pulled any of his glass Batista ones.

[@mysteryblaster5037]

or SmVR's godlike gameplays, seriously y'all should check his vids out

[@tekkenleader2396]

he said on his stream he doesn't find it fun to do speedruns, he does enjoy the game though and enjoys making videos out of it.

[@Ayoul]

Except the point is to listen to the devs talk about the game. If the video is over in a couple minutes, why even get all these devs?

[@kaioy9296]

wondering why he doesnt use wrath of the frost ancient, fully upgraded the attack does an insane amount of damage... even if the cooldown is longer, but on hard difficulty it took a quarter or more of the valkyires lives if you hit the beam the whole time and also stuns them so they cant attack you during the attack

[@torb1trick415]

there’s also the legendary enchantment that increases the duration

[@neoaliens8635]

This is just fine but now you should do developers react to GBG, SmvR, aLexZz, Blair, and Sultan's combo against those Valkyries and their lv1 NG+ Valkyrie fights

[@lafasi4366]

Exactly my question if they try it will be 3 or 5 minutes done job all valkyries🤫😅

[@GAMINGBLAZE]

they are not pros

[@neoaliens8635]

@@GAMINGBLAZE They are the real Kratos mind you

[@santiagodunbar2381]

They’re noobs 😊

[@kirby9447]

36:50 so the troll mechanic was real. Ok

[@PhoenixIceable]

@22:58 that Valkyrie is giving trouble.

[@Yungin-ji6cl]

6:27 That’s why is harder on game +

[@kizaruthegreat]

so this is the guy who made them go, let's make the berserkers as F'ed up as possible cause clearly the valkaries are to easy

[@michaelmiller4105]

See the devs knew about the movement but said hey it’s a mechanic and if player becomes efficient with it so be it. That’s a gamer dev not just a dev

[@arkhamsquadgaming6192]

27 minutes (maybe less) Runic build wrath of the Ancients

[@adeboyegrillo3408]

odd to see them test run the game without the complete shader

[@akaleon4696]

alternative title: Developers react to calm and reasonable person valkyrie speedrun

[@mlc4050]

"Hey, you can't do that! You're playing the game wrong!"

[@Natethins27]

So is Kratos’ bag a bag of holding so he can fit everything into it?

[@ronaldwestbeal2269]

Ya and his bag of holding is a lot bigger than normal especially if made by gods

[@d1only10]

@@ronaldwestbeal2269 Yup 👍. The whole entire game is beyond Humans logic so IMAGINE 😂

[@ericocccams5865]

gbg's most recent sigrun video is the best.

[@fightwithonefilms]

Traveling between realms shouldn't be counted toward time just fighting the Valkyries

[@Dctctx]

You clearly don’t know how a speed run works.

[@kylepitcher9381]

took me 4 hours to beat sigrun the first ever time (did it on gmgow mode)... you just made it look easy af @Clowned187!!

[@pg5650]

Maxed out Zeus armor and some specific perfect enchantments, runic attacks and combos can kill sigrun in less than 20 seconds, on gmgow. Done it myself

[@richardhenson5054]

Why does he keep reloading the last checkpoint when killing a Valkyrie ? Does it stop dialogue from happening or something ?

[@Dctctx]

Yea

[@Alijan-kz3jg]

They should’ve watched the guy that killed sigrun in less than 50 secs lol

[@Baram1950]

Fun watch. But that bit about the last portion of the health bar was lame.

[@philyfighter4]

Then we have those mfs who kill sigrun in 20 seconds

[@vicjose]

Why are these guys not watching GBG do this!?

[@luf4rall]

Does GBG have any vanilla runs where he's not fully upgraded?

[@rachelcarson7119]

― Emma Goldman (1869-1940, Planet Earth) “War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle; therefore they take boys from one village and another village; stick them into uniforms, equip them with guns, and let them loose like wild beasts against each other.”

[@josephabrams8529]

Kara should have been called “flunky” and Katy should have been called “noobie.”

[@tylerbrinkerhoff3426]

So why not the frost laser? Can someone help me understand that?

[@beardofwar]

The "Frost Laser" (nice name btw lol.) forces you into an animation where you can't move. When the Valks get lower in health they get much higher poise (glowing eyes) and can tank the laser. Ends up getting you hit or downed more often than not. Also, Hels Touch used with Borr's frozen shard has the highest damage stack for other runics and one of the lowest cooldown times.

[@BaldorfBreakdowns]

@@beardofwar I've seen Wrath of the Frost Ancients one shot some of the Valks. The risk is worth the time save. This is speedrunning, not hitless.

[@beardofwar]

@@BaldorfBreakdowns This is on GMGOW on standard New Game. Wrath of the Frost Ancients does not one shot. Not even close actually. This was an older run, so there are probably better strats now, but the laser just doesn't do that much damage on this difficulty.

[@Babufrik2222]

They should’ve reacted to Gamebreakergod dude beat sigrun in 38 seconds with the Zeus armor

[@NicolasDWolfwood1]

ive manage to beat all of them besides sigrun the queen

[@doodoowater8000]

Remember she has every attack from the others exceppt sommening enemies. Be very patient and wait her to Attack or multiple attacks until you See an opening and don't Panic or you've already lost, depending on what difficulty your playing. Runic attacks can cancel her attacks but sometimes they don't so be still on you guard when performing one.

[@kenyang687]

When you penetrate into Voldemort's mind 🕷🕷🕷

[@devilrandy]

What game difficulty?

[@Unknown-vk9oe]

Valkyrie%

[@Vazfnr]

What is the thing he does to move around quickly

[@cool5402]

Ninja theory video games are cool

[@braxtonhalpin5643]

The queen was a bit annoying, probably died 10-15 times but the rest were super easy.

[@mohdimansaifullizan6193]

Choose your side Zeus or Thor

[@Sinhesthysia]

Anyone know the specs for the build Clowned is runnign with here?

[@Nobodysurvivesevenonebit]

Awesome

[@leonardpenter101]

Can't wait

[@BaldorfBreakdowns]

Wouldn't it be way faster to make a runic build and use Wrath of the Frost Ancients?

[@michaelmiller4105]

So why don’t you make a video and show us or you know shut up

[@BaldorfBreakdowns]

@@michaelmiller4105 Yikes. I'm just asking a question, holy... Calm down. Go touch some grass, maybe smoke a little while you're at it.

[@DeathByAnvil]

@@michaelmiller4105what did bro do to you it’s just a question

[@lawesomesauce6247]

Hey devs, push an April Fools day update that renames the Valkyries with their speedrun names.

[@harrypanchal2813]

Bring gbg he gonna break the game lol

[@nathancelest]

This should’ve been them reacting to GBG !

[@drepie7537]

i'm sorry but... "lead combar designer"

[@deadlykoosh66u17]

The adds took longer than the speed run

[@catac1ysm13]

Gamebreakergod

[@tomleeson4179]

gond a war

[@levis.5092]

Did they say that Gunnr was a random name? That’s a legit Valkyrie name

[@jerryrenteria5052]

They meant the nickname they used on her…”Katy”

[@isaiahglasgow345]

Amazing

[@ryantownsend2730]

Please try and have a more diverse dev panel ... yeah, three combat developers would be confused by most of this

[@jamesnesran2348]

36:45 is exactly why sigrun is unfair lol. just shameless cheats in that fight

[@ScrodumHat]

that’s not even sigrun specific, they said that was for all valkyries

[@abhiramdileepkumar]

so disappointed it wasn't gbg

[@ClydiieTwo]

Need ragnarok react runs

[@Death297-TB23]

Can you bring ragnorok to pc

[@AktivPlus]

супер сейчас играю как раз. благодарю (happy)

[@mage3659]

The fact they didn't do proper research and use GBG for this is sad :/

[@lordkene]

They probably figured the video would be too short

[@munchymuffins5187]

Well he mentioned that this was an og style run, GBG uses a lot bigger stuff they updated later

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

I'm not seeing any GBG on any of the Valkyrie% speedrun leaderboards... this run they showcased held the world record in its category for 2.5 years.

[@justwatch7091]

GBG doesn't even speedrun Valkyrie% lmao

[@mage3659]

@@justwatch7091 my point still stands, GBG uses tech that if he decided to do a speedrun he would easily surpass this

[@AA-sw5pb]

Wow this commentary makes me realuze how scummy the design of the valkyries was on purpose. Hidden bar that makes them not get staggered, gaining extra defense as they lose health making the health bar deceiving. Even dark souls isnt that scummy with its bosses

[@mkb144p6]

Came here thinking GBG, SMVR reaction left immediately